Hommmeee!!! Hey sweet pea :)
I have your flight details home, I bet you have mixed emotions about coming back!!! I can't wait to see my little sis, I've really missed you!!! Can you keep Friday eve free, (15th) I thought us sisters could go out, maybe shoot some pool and have some cheap drinks somewhere, maybe even Raynes park so it is easy for you to get home!!!
I wish I could get you from the airport, but I don't think it would be very comfortable on the back of my bike!!!! I STILL don't have any internet, so here is my work email!! joolz.smith@alcombe.com
Work is so busy at the moment I seem to always be here late, I may not see you till Friday Boooooo!!!
Enjoy your last week and I will see your brown face soon yippeee!!!
xxxxx
Foot!! Ouch! It makes me feel quite queasy looking at your poor foot - it must be so sore. Make sure that you look after it otherwise it may become infected. You have been very unlucky lately, what with sickness and losing your photo's you must be pretty fed-up! Please look after yourself and be more careful. Sending you a big hug and lots of love Mxx
foot!! Yes its extremely sore :( I have to get it rebandaged every morning and the woman sticks a load of material in it which hurts so much! Not very nice but nevermind... I thought it would only need to be done for a few more days but apparently its going to be closer to the whole two weeks we have left! Sean is looking after me though and we are still having a good time, just a shame we cant enjoy the beach! I will call you in a few days to let you know about my flight time so you know what time to get to the airport... thats if you are picking me up.. Haha. Speak to you soon, lots of love xxx
Did you run away when he was sick this time? yes it does sound stressful travelling around on the boats! Sounds nice to be away from the main action it\'s a crazy place there! Enjoy though sounds so much fun!
Sxx
Hello, I\'m so sorry that you\'ve been feeling poorly - what a shame! I think it\'s quite a common thing to get upset tummies when you\'re travelling in that part of the world. Hopefully you\'ll be over it soon! These islands that your visiting sound fun. How many of them are they? I bet Sean is pleased to get some climbing in. I do hope you will be really careful as you are not experienced in climbing - please don\'t be too daring!! Well,there\'s a surprise you liking coffee - I\'m amazed!! It sounds very sweet if it\'s made with condensed milk . is it instant coffee? I haven\'t seen any photo\'s lately although you say you\'ve added some??
lots of love M xx
You Monkey girl - he monkey boy! OMG you have the Monkey bug too! That's so funny! Well does sound like fun but there is no way I could do it. I almost died on Kilimanjaro when I had to step over a massive fall at about 1km up! Yes I remember the strip in Koh Samui being crazy! I stayed in the Palace hotel or something at the end of the strip so it was a nice place to escape the madness. Well have fun and watch out at the full moon party. There has been a lot of stuff on the news here about that boy that was shot a couple of weeks ago - very sad.
Its cold and snowy here! yesterday took some pics of us on the way back from the Hand in Hand and there were some cool snowmen people had made! I'll put them on FB.
Sxx
Oh dear, yes poor you that's not nice at all! Just remember to drink loads of bottled water! And eat pizza - with Cheese, you can't usually go wrong with that and its good stodgy stuff. Sx
Haha, its because there are cats everywhere and I cant help but pick the little kittens up because theyre all so friendly! Were in Railay now, its even better than Phi Phi, much less touristy and built up!
oh dear oh now what a shame being sick is just horrible! and Black sick sounds even worse! ha ha at least Sean didn't run away! Hoe you are feeling better - just drink loads of water and have those rehydration tablets! So what's next on the travel plans? sx
Feeling much better now thank god! Had the rehydration things on the day so think they helped quite a bit. Next on the travel plans is were going to head to the other side of Thailand to the other three islands which are supposedly the real party places! Julia messaged me about that army thing, sounds good Ill definitely be up for that! Will need something to look forward to when I get back! xxx
You ran away when he was being sick!? That is HILARIOUS!! You are really lucky that there was some vinegar on the beach otherwise the only other way to stop the stinging is to wee on the sting! Now if you don't like watching Sean being sick you are hardly going to be able to watch him peeing on your arm! ha ha ah aha
I never made it to the places you are at but it all sounds amazing and is really making me want to go travelling now! We have just booked our first trip since coming back from Dubai which is to Monte Carlo in early April to watch the tennis tournament there. Can't belieeve it has been 6 months now and I haven't been near an airport - weird but nice!
It's supposed to snow this weekend. But this morning I woke up excited to see the snow, but its just raining :(
Helen has started a part-time job working in the Hand in Hand so she is there today. I'm going to view a house then going for a swim - all sounds so exciting doesn't it!!
Anyway, if I were you I would stay longer out there - at least until March when the weather will be better!
:) haha it was so mean though but it was just a reaction! I always want to run away! And yeah I know although I dont think it was too bad but it did seriously sting! Yeah these places are so nice, a lot different to Koh Phi Phi and a lot less built up. Didnt expect Phi Phi to have so many buioldings, and there are loadss more being built atm aswell, not good! Still beautiful though. Shame about the snow, rain rain all the time. But not for us :D We had a really cool thunderstorm last week though, the whole sky was covered in lighting! Monte carlo sounds good! Thats so funny that Helen is working in the Hand in Hand!! How come she decided to work there did her contract end at the other job? Hope the house viewing goes well! You need to get started!! And yes I would love to stay out here for much longer but money isnt on our side! haha
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MONKEY BEACH! That\'s where I went with Julia and got attacked - STAY AWAY! not only will they attack you, bite you and steal your food - they may steal your camera ;)
It\'s actually sunny here, but cold, so I had a BBQ for lunch :)
All going well here.
Sure Sean is loving walking around bare foot, he is getting more like a Monkey every day! ha ha
Sxx
Bangkok etc........ Wow! fancy you not having a hangover on New Years Day tut tut!! Sounds as though you have since made up for it - I think you must have alcohol instead of blood in your veins!!! I went to the British Legion in Worcester Park, where the average age must be about 80 (I don\'t think i\'ll be going there for at least another 10 years!!!) Have fun. Love you xx
Ho go Ho Hey sis and Sean,happy new year!! I was laughing so much about your stories of Bangkok, it is such a crazy place, but nice to get away from there too!! So you are now on my favourite island, I hope the weather holds out for you. I hope the big boxing bar is still there.. Can't think of the name just now, u can picture me in my Thai shorts pulverising the Thai girl ha ha!!! All is well here, still off work which is lovely. We go back on the 7th boo hop. I wish I was rich, I would be on the next plane to see you!! Sorry I'm not writing much, my computers broken and so is my 3phone so I am using dans for this. I am loving your blogs, I am always laughing so much it's brilliant. Bye for now sweet pea. Miss uuuuuuuu, big sis xxxxx
Nearly Christmas! Looks like a very cool place and good idea to stay put somewhere for a bit after all your dashing around - you still have an amazing time in BKK and South to look forward to which will be incredible!
So, it's nearly Christmas, seeing as I am now working for myself I have decided to kind of give up this week anyway, saying that I have put an offer in on a flat in Mitcham that needs some major work, so hopefully that might come off! Helen's last day at work is today and I am off to get some Christmas presents today. We have our tree up now for a couple of weeks and its only 6ft this year, but its on the table so looks huge! I think I am having a kinf of christmas-tree-off with the neighbours as we all have our trees in the window and at night they all look realyy nice all lit up!
On saturday we are going to see La Boheme Opera at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden which I am really looking forward to. ON Sunday we are going to the chruch Christmas service and carol service and then seeing simon and the kids for lunch which will be good. They are over for a couple of weeks and I think this will be the only time we get to see them. Julia is coming too - but think she has a big night the night before with Dan's christmas gig so will see what state she is in!
On Christmas eve Helen's mum and sister are coming down and we are going out for dinner and drinks then on Christmas Day mummy will come for lunch and then in the evening John/Gita/Sarah/Julia/Dan are coming over in the evening for some wine and cheese which will be nice.
Anyway, so all good. The weather is actually not too bad 10 degrees and sunny! It's almost like summer!
We will call you on Christmas day around 8pm your time so have your phone close!
Sxx
Elephant ride I know they were so heavy and I had to have them on my knee because I couldnt hold them as we had no bar to stop us falling off of the elephant so I was gripping on and they have bruised my legs haha
Big sis
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Hommmeee!!!
Hey sweet pea :) I have your flight details home, I bet you have mixed emotions about coming back!!! I can't wait to see my little sis, I've really missed you!!! Can you keep Friday eve free, (15th) I thought us sisters could go out, maybe shoot some pool and have some cheap drinks somewhere, maybe even Raynes park so it is easy for you to get home!!! I wish I could get you from the airport, but I don't think it would be very comfortable on the back of my bike!!!! I STILL don't have any internet, so here is my work email!! joolz.smith@alcombe.com Work is so busy at the moment I seem to always be here late, I may not see you till Friday Boooooo!!! Enjoy your last week and I will see your brown face soon yippeee!!! xxxxx